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Carmel council questions Restorecy senior‑care expansion amid flooding, road and timing concerns
Summary
Councilors and residents pressed Restorecy’s petitioners on stormwater, longtime neighborhood flooding and the effect of a planned Richland Avenue right‑of‑way; petitioners cited a state licensing deadline and said the campus has a large waiting list. A motion not to approve the PUD amendment was moved and seconded; the transcript does not record a final tally.
Councilors and residents clashed over a proposed Restorecy (Greenhouse Cottages) PUD amendment at the March 16 Carmel City Council meeting, centering on stormwater problems, the future of Richland Avenue and how quickly the project must move to meet state licensing timelines.
Ally Missler, a neighbor of the proposed site, told the council the area has "decades‑long" flooding, documented tens of thousands of dollars in damage and that last year she discovered $141,000 in structural water damage that insurance denied because the flooding is longstanding. "Fix the flooding first, then plan the growth," she said.
Petition counsel Rachel Connor and Brian Lindsey, operations director for the petitioner, presented a revised preliminary site plan that included a 6‑foot natural‑color fence option, a conceptual buffer landscape…
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